cactus. >> it just sort of feels like there are some occupational hazards involved with yes. could you imagine waking up or whatever and then you have the 20 pulls in the front of your yard? >> that would be pretty unpleasant. i can see people getting pretty upset. the one thing i really appreciate is how thoroughly you nailed the correct pronunciation of plural for cactus. us the i have been waiting to say that >> all right. easter bunny auditions. first up, liam neeson. whenever you're ready. >> here comes peter cottontail hoppin' down the bunny trail. hippie hoppity. easter is on its way.

>> this time why don't we keep it light? remember, it's for children. and he's a bunny. >> do you understand what's happening here? he's hoppin' down the bunny trail. hippie hoppity. he's coming. he's an unstoppable force. measured, inevitable. eggs aren't the only thing that'll be dying tonight. >> i'm sorry. is that the bunny saying that? >> if you have to ask, you don't understand the bunny's mind-set. >> i think i do. he's a bunny bringing candy to children. >> yes, he's a bunny. but bunny who's laying eggs. he's a freak of nature. a confused, grotesque monster. there's no telling what he's capable of. why do you think he's holding a carrot, pal? >> 'cause it's what he likes to eat? >> no. by implying the bunny's certain set of skills he can gnaw it down into a shiv. slip it between people's ribs. over on them. >> okay.

well, thanks for coming in. we'll give you a call. >> well, call soon. i need -- i need the job. i'm running out of relatives to be taken. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert"! tonight... a grift from god! first, stephen welcomes liam neeson! and fareed zakaria! featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: thanks for

stopping by. right over there. you've got to watch out. thank you. thank you my friends and you are my friends. welcome to "the late show." i your host, stephen colbert. we've got a rare positive update on one of trump's thousands of court cases. yesterdy, the judge in the stormy daniels hush money case imposed a gag order on trump. okay, that's positive! but it raises a disturbing question: how do you gag someone who speaks out of their ass? [laughter] [cheers and applause] the answer is very carefully. and if you ever thought that this avalanche of legal scrutiny would somehow shame trump from his nonstop grifting of the rubes, you are a sweet, sweet

child, one of god's innocents, and should not be allowed in the room where daddy keeps his sharp things. because yesterday, donald trump announced a deal to endorse a $60 "god bless the usa" bible. yes! donald trump is now hawking a bible. it's just like any other good book except in the middle of this one, there's a centerfold. "wow, mary was a bethlehem 8. i wouldn't kick her out of the manger for eating crackers." this has come as no surprise to anyone. making a profit is his religion. as his jesus famously said: "it is asier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle if you pay me four easy installments of $19.95! act now! disciples are standing by!" [cheers and applause] trump made this announcement on truth social, where he also revealed his collaborator. >> i'm proud to be partnering

with my very good friend, lee greenwood. who doesn't love his song "god bless the usa"? >> stephen: yes, who doesn't love greenwood's "god bless the usa" and his other big hits like... "thank you for blessing the usa, god." you know who really loves that song? lee greenwood. he has a different ad for this bible that says this. >> introducing the limited edition god bless the usa bible,3 inspired by lee greenwood's hit song and the most recognized patriotic anthem in america, "god bless the usa". >> stephen: yes! i challenge anyone to name a more recognized patriotic anthem in this entire nation. a national sort of anthem, if you will! i kid, of course. we all know it's "party in the usa." [cheering] thank you for your service,

miley! long may you wrecking ball. i believe the "god bless the usa bible" is the best holy scripture named after a country song since the "take this job and shove it" bhagavad gita. johnny paycheck did so love shoving things. trump explained what you'll be gettin' for your 60 bucks. >> this bible is the king james version and also includes our founding father documents. yes, the constitution. also the bill of rights, the declaration of independence, and the pledge of allegiance. >> stephen: so you're spending $60 on public domain writing. "if you order now, you'll get all the lyrics to camptown races and a picture of jesus' most beloved disciple, steamboat willie." trump continued to shill. >> all americans need a bible in their home, and i have many. >> stephen: yes. it's true. many. he has to have spare bibles. 'cause every time he holds one,

it bursts into flames. [cheers and applause] i'm sorry. did i... do go on. >> it's my favorite book. it's a lot of people's favorite book. >> stephen: "i love this book. i love the snake. i love jonah because... whale. i love abraham dragging his son up to the mountain for a human sacrifice. by the way, eric, wanna go camping?" lot of bibles on that shelf. trump was sure to point out how you buying this bible would single-handedly save america. >> this bible is a reminder that the biggest thing we have to bring back america and to make america great again is our religion. >> stephen: now, i know a lot of people think that, but i'm just curious what the hell is going on with that camera angle? that is no way to cover an edit.

jim. jim. what's going on? this is not my best nostril. if you head to the god bless the usa bible's website, you can find the frequently asked questions. and in there is this 100% real, 100% weird query. "what if my bible has sticky pages?" [laughter] this is a frequently asked question? evidently the workers at the bible factory really get excited over the word "begat." even though it just received the trump bump, the god bless the usa bible has been around for a few years now. and the reviews are in. 79% of reviewers gave it the lowest possible rating, one star. the one positive review said:

"five out of five stars. sticky! just the way i like 'em." [applause] what's goin' on, buddy? trump's not just busy spreading the good news, he's also truthing the dumb news. a few days ago, he bragged, "a great honor to have won both the club championship and the senior club championship this week at trump international!" well, it turns out, that trump didn't win those championships fair and square. and i'll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor. because it turns out sportswriter rick reilly, who golfed with trump, says his wins are fake as velveeta cheese. how dare you, sir? velveeta isn't fake! it's full of all-natural ingredients, like "yellow" and "rectangle"! reilly says golfers, even famous ones, allow trump to cheat for one simple reason. >> when i've asked people, how did you let him cheat? he's cheated against tiger woods. he's cheated against dustin johnson. and when i asked them why did you let him cheat and

take the 20 bucks, they all say the same thing: "i wanted my own story about trump cheating." >> stephen: oh, okay. that's understandable. because the only other way to get a story about trump cheating is to marry him. there's news about former rnc chairperson and drunk sorority girl waving at an oncoming train, ronna mcdaniel. in case you're unfamiliar with mcdaniel, she is... terrible. as head of the rnc, ronna repeatedly claimed the 2020 election was rigged, helped trump's campaign assemble fake electors, and even was on a call with trump when he pressured election officials not to certify vote totals in a key michigan county. happy women's history month, gals! it's 2024.

you too can be morally bankrupt dictator-enabling douche nuggets! representation matters. well, on friday, we learned that nbc news had hired mcdaniel as an on-air contributor. no surprise, people got mad at nbc. some surprise: nbc got mad at nbc, specifically their news anchors. >> you've got to ask yourself, "what does she bring nbc news?" >> we weren't asked our opinion of the hiring but if we were, we would have strongly objected to it. >> the fact that ms. mcdaniel is on the payroll at nbc news? to me, that is inexplicable. >> don't hire anyone close to the crimes. >> stephen: wow. that is strong talk. tough stuff. i haven't seen on-air talent rebel like that since elmo said "the alfred p. sloan foundation can kiss elmo's furry butt! so can viewers like you."

nbc anchor kristen welker interviewed mcdaniel and confronted her about her support of trump's promise that he will free the january 6 rioters. >> do you disagree with trump saying he's going to free those who've been charged and convicted? >> i do not think people who committed violent acts on january 6th should be freed. >> so you disagree with that. he's been saying that for months, ronna. why not speak out earlier? >> when you're the rnc chair, you -- you kind of take one for the whole team, right? now i get to be a little bit more myself, right? >> stephen: "before, i was carrying water for a fascist wannabe dictator. now i'm getting bangs!" it's fun! frames the face. well, late last night, we learned that nbc news had fired ronna mcdaniel. [applause] there she is.

she was fired by nbc. reminds me of donald trump's famous apprentice catchphrase. >> bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, >> stephen: this is just the most recent time mcdaniels been fired. she was also recently ousted as chair of the republican national committee, which is now being run by trump daughter-in-law and stunt double for janice from the muppets, lara trump. lara and the trump team immediately fired most of the rnc staff and are making them reapply for their jobs. reportedly, they've been asking any potential hires whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen. yes. if you want to work at the rnc, you gotta believe trump's big lie. the other interview questions include: "how sexy is donald trump on a scale of hubba hubba to boi-oi-oi-oing?' and "will you give me $60 for this flag bible?" we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are liam neeson and fareed zakaria. but when we come back, "meanwhile"!

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is the soul my friend. meanwhile, our national trust in chicken institutions has taken yet another major hit because chick-fil-a is ditching its "no antibiotics ever" promise. what? you can't just make fast food what's next? arby's announcing "we seem to have lost the meats." according to their announcement, it's just a tiny change from "no antibiotics ever" to "no antibiotics important to humans." um, no offense, chick-fil-a i don't trust a restaurant deciding which antibiotics are important to me. you'd never hear a doctor say, "you have a pretty serious infection. but i'd like to get a second opinion from kyle, the assistant manager at red lobster." kyle says you have unlimited shrimp. chick-fil-a says they're being forced to loosen their standards

because of a diminishing chicken supply. it makes sense. any economist will tell you that's just the law of supply and delicious. as deliciousness increases, supply goes down into my belly. [laughter] i will admit, i will agree with some of you that that graphic was more disturbing than funny. my graphics team worked a long time on it and i don't want to let those guys down. they're like children. so i said let it ride. i see no... [laughter] that decision was misguided. i apologize. meanwhile, in sport, "the nfl has approved a new hybrid kickoff for next season." under the new rule, the kicker will line up on his 35-yard line with the other 10 players on the kicking team at the receiving team's 40, where the point guard has 30 seconds to throw the puck and yell "uno"

and i'm just making this [bleep] up because i do not care. meanwhile, in order to counter the issue of accumulating waste, "mount everest climbers will now have to take their poop away with them." so let me just... take everst off the bucket list. 'cause i do not... i do not want to carry a full bucket off of everest. meanwhile, in owl news, it turns out that flaco, the central park owl who captivated new york after escaping the zoo and roaming the city for months, had pigeon herpes and four kinds of rat poison in his system when he tragically died. well, at least we can take comfort knowing he died doing what he loved: eating poison and banging gutter doves.

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody! welcome back. ladies and gentlemen, folks of all ages. my first guest this evening is an actor you know from "schindler's list," "taken," and "love actually." his new film is "in the land of saints and sinners." >> with a body count like yours, that's psychotic. >> you listen, you [bleep] it's no joking matter to me and i'm done with it for good that if i ever hear of you having a laugh at someone else's dying tears. i will beat you with my own hands.

>> how many people have you killed altogether? >> stephen: please welcome back to "the late show," liam neeson. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ nice to see you again. >> liam: they didn't tell me it was live. >> stephen: a lot of irish pride in hollywood right now. are you aware of how people are

excited about the irish? it's led to some very interesting headlines right now. here's "the new york times." "a first for the irish." this one "why all of the units boyfriends are irish." this is my favorite. "it's officially hot irish guy summer." >> liam: is that from 1980 or something? >> stephen: no, it's from now. >> liam: seriously? >> stephen: this seems like a bad idea because irish guys don't do great in the summer. they really need a lot of sunscreen to have a hot summer. speech absolutely. that's interesting. i wonder why. >> stephen: why? >> liam: cillian murphy. >> stephen: it's cillian and paul meskill. >> liam: paul meskill. >> stephen: exactly. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. they are young. >> liam: kids. >> stephen: don't you hate young people? >> liam: i do, especially those too. >> stephen: young and talented, [bleep]

you. you can have one. you have to pick one. young or talented. >> liam: they are fantastic, they are great. >> stephen: they are wonderful. we will edit that out. you complementing another actor, we can't have that. you know the actors prayer? >> liam: no. >> stephen: the actor's prayer. lord, please let me be good others must fail. [laughter] >> liam: did you just make that up? >> liam: no, that's a prayer i grew up with. you never heard the actors prayer? the most selfish prayer in the world in the truest prayer ever said. is it true that you drove up for clifford guinness. >> liam: i did. >> stephen: is that how you your driver's license in ireland? what was that like? what were the benefits? >> liam: i love the job. >> stephen: yeah. >> liam: it was stacking pallets filled with guinness cases. and loading the lorries. i love the job. >> stephen: you never know what's going to happen with an

acting career, good to have a fallback. that's what my mom always said. learn a trade. >> liam: my mom did the same. >> stephen: did you have a fallback? was it something, you're like if this doesn't work out, definitely i'll go blank, whatever the thing was. >> liam: until i met a teacher, and actor. i can't remember. it was years ago. he said what would you do if you couldn't act? i said well, uh... i think i would curl up and die. and he went "that's the right answer. close what he says anybody this as well, i could do carpentry, i could be a teacher. he said that's what you should do. so much of it is about reje rejection. >> stephen: people asked me what what i do if i didn't do this and i say probably time. [laughter] we have to take a quick break but we'll be right back with more liam neeson, everybody. stick around.

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. we are back with the start of the new film "in the land of saints and sinners," mr. liam neeson. the internet has been abuzz with a story that you came close to being named james bond at one point in your career. is that true? >> liam: they inquired about me but they inquired about a

whole bunch of factors. >> stephen: no one has ever asked me. but you had a serious conversation? >> liam: yeah. >> stephen: like you would be into it? if i asked you, would you do it? >> liam: yeah, it was after "schindler's list" and my wife and i were doing a movie down in north carolina. and i got a couple calls from barbara broccoli, the producer, one of the producers. and i said "oh, yeah, i'd be interested." my wife went "if you play james bond, we are not getting married." >> stephen: why? >> liam: i guess there's bond girls and things. locations. >> stephen: there are. don't physically actually have to have sex with the actresses you act with. the first method james bond. i have sex with their women and

i actually kill people. >> liam: but the piss her off, she was annoying me or whatever. [humming bond theme song] that was years ago. >> stephen: this is very exciting. you're going to star in a new production of "the naked gun" taking the leslie nielsen part. [applause] which i think is perfect. i think it's perfect. >> liam: thank you. >> stephen: it's a "naked gun" reboot. this is your first starting comedic role. >> liam: yeah. [laughter] >> stephen: did you get the part because your name is so close to leslie nielsen? >> liam: could be. same initials. >> stephen: save on the monogrammed towels. >> liam: i did a wee thing for stephen colbert a couple of times. funny things, dressed up.

>> stephen: oh, the rabbit? the rabbit was such a chilling to fiction. >> liam: it was. >> stephen: it really got into the mind of a vegetarian killer. >> liam: i don't think the audence heard, my voice was so low. i washed it in the dressing room. >> stephen: we have speakers. we have speakers. did you hear the rabbit? [cheers and applause] don't get in character. don't snap. don't snap into character or security will take you down. well, were you a fan of the original "naked gun" films? >> liam: i loved them. don't call me shirley. >> stephen: surely you jest. >> liam: leslie was terrific. >> stephen: speaking of light fare, you're in a movie called "in the land of saints and sinners" which takes place in ireland during the troubles which starts around '69, something like that. you grew up in northern ireland. what role did that period play

in your life? >> liam: it started when i was like 17. 1969. >> stephen: that's kind of a perfectly dangerous time for something like that to start. as a young man, doesn't know what he's doing with his life, a lot of energy, lot of testosterone and maybe not a lot of focus, how did you stay out of trouble? >> liam: i was a boxer, i started i was eight or nine. >> stephen: you are an amateur boxer starting at 8:00? or did you learn to box? >> liam: our local priest -- i'm having a brain fog. father alex, he started this boxing club. our town had nothing. >> stephen: was the town? >> liam: melamine. it's between belfast and derry. it was nothing. for the catholics, there is nothing after school and stuff. great, great priest started this little boxing club. i have to say within six, seven

years we became one of the top clubs in all of ireland all because of him. >> stephen: and that sort of kept you out of trouble? >> liam: it did. i've boxed with kids from derry, belfast, all over. some of them died violently. we were surrounded by violence. paramilitaries. british army. all the time. it was, yeah. maybe there's a wee bit of post-traumatic stress disorder. i often talk about with my sisters. how do you about that? we kind of still don't know. >> stephen: where do you fall in the amily? how many kids? >> liam: three sisters and myself. >> stephen: are you the youngest? >> liam: no. elizabeth, bernadette, me, rosalynn. >> stephen: wanted anything about their famous brother? >> liam: don't actually talk about films. i said anytime i'm back i would

prefer you don't ask me about movies. what was share alike, was clint eastwood like. >> stephen: so they don't ask if that? >> liam: not really. >> stephen: i'm not one of your sisters. what was cher like? compare her to clint eastwood. >> liam: cher was terrific. she wouldn't sing for me but she was terrific. >> stephen: and clint? >> liam: i was in his last dirty harry movie. >> stephen: good guy, bad guy? >> liam: i was a suspect but i was okay. >> stephen: okay. >> liam: we were doing a scene with him, a lovely actor, evan kim, myself, and clint has this stuff to say that the audience have to hear. on wednesday you were here but on thursday you were there. it was information we had to have as the audience. he did this scene and turned to jack from his camera operator

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is an author, columnist, and a peabody-award winning host of cnn's "fareed zakaria gps." his latest book is called "age of revolutions." please welcome to "the late show," fareed zakaria. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

as i said, the new book is "age of revolutions" right there. we will get to that more just a moment. first, on your show, "fareed zakaria gps" you recently covered biden's low approval ratings just below 40%. 39.3, something like that. despite the economy doing pretty well right now especially compared to other countries, looking at the rest of the globe, how does our economy stack against the major industrialized nations right now? >> fareed: we are doing much better than any of the other major economies in the world. to give you a simple number, in 2008 the eurozone, europe, basically, and the u.s. economies were the same size. today the u.s. economy is twice the size of the eurozone economy. if britain were to join the united states as the 51st state, it would be that poorest state in the union, below mississippi.

we are doing amazingly. but what has happened is, people for a while said we don't realize it, we are feeling the inflation. for the last 18 months, consumer sentiment has been going up. but bidens approval ratings still flatlined. what's really happened is our political identities are no longer shaped by economics as it used to be for so many years. they are shaped by culture, by class, by religion. by all these tribal identities. and that was part of the reason i wrote the book. because i realize this began with obama, it used to be the tightest connection in predictive polling, you view the economy, the president's approval rating always roughly the same. no, under obama, the stock market tripled under obama. his approval ratings didn't move much. >> stephen: in the book here, "age of revolutions," it stands four centuries of revolutions in the netherlands, france, britain, and the u.s.

there is been a lot of revolutions. how did you choose these four? >> fareed: what i was trying to understand, i was looking at the present saying where are we having this cultural backlash? i realized how much change we've gone through. i look back in the past and asked myself, what were the other big moments where you have this kind of revolutionary change? the industrial revolution, which i call the mother of all revolutions because really it created the modern world. the dutch are an interesting case because it's the first modern country, the country that invented modern economics, modern politics. it's a tiny little country. >> stephen: doesn't seem modern because we think of the dutch and we think of windmills and wooden shoes which is not the highest level of technology. but for its time it was pretty cutting edge. >> fareed: became the richest country in europe and therefore in the world. in the 1580s. and for 500 years basically been among the top ten richest per capita in the world. it's an amazing place. i'm very high on the dutch.

by the way, we are living in the city that used to be called new amsterdam. >> stephen: exactly. a lot of people are high on the dutch these days. they beat me to the joke. you say, the subtitle for this book is "age of revolutions: progress and backlash from 1600 to the present." what would you say the main modern backlash we are experiencing right now is. >> fareed: i think it's really all around us, this identity stuff. as a backlash against globalization. as a backlash against the open information revolution. a lot of people are saying it's too much. social media is kind of ruining our lives. but i would say the principal one has been this one of we've really moved, think about it. we've always through human history had some group is bent up or down. but for tens of thousands of years women were second-class citizens and that has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. think about it.

ten, 15, 20,000 years of history and in the last 30 years we upended the basic structure of the family. look at the right-wing reactionary movements all over the world whether it's islamic fundamentalism, with its christian nationalism, whether it's the ultra-orthodox in israel, they all come of principal concern is often women have gotten too uppity. xi jinping gave a speech the other day in which he said women basically need to go back to the kitchen and they need to start having babies again. >> stephen: they really need to start having babies in china because they are having a demographic collapse over there. >> fareed: i don't think that the answer is the head of the communist party same to women go back into the kitchen. >> stephen: i am not agreeing with the chairman as much as i enjoy our chinese customers. >> fareed: have you now or have ever been a member of the

communist party? >> stephen: i am singaporean, sir. the u.n. security council passed a resolution demanding a cease-fire in gaza thanks to a u.s. abstention. [applause] the key thing is it's things to u.s. abstention. what does this abstention by the united states, which we haven't done before. what does that signal to israel? what does it signal to the people of gaza? what does the world see from this? >> fareed: i think it's a big deal. one of the first times united states has publicly taken a position that is different from that of israel. it's happened before. reagan got very upset with the israelis when the invasion of lebanon happened and he publicly broke with them. but it's rare. i think what it tells you is that the biden administration is deeply frustrated with bibi netanyahu. they have been supportive of the israeli government but

counseling them to be more cautious, more humanitarian aid, more proportionate warfare. i think the most important thing here is this is in israel's best interest because what's happened is, in an overreaction to the terror attacks, israel is going overboard frankly just like we needed after nine 9/11. biden, one of the best things bidens had to israel was, learn from our mistakes. you know, donald rumsfeld once had, i wish he had actually followed his advice, but he said you've got to ask yourself, with more terrorists than you're killing? by this action. that's what i would ask the israeli government. are you creating more terrorists than your killing? >> stephen: his new book "age of revolutions" is available now. fareed zakaria, everybody. we'll be right back.

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